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Niue

Niuean Otai

'Otai

A Niuean drink of coconut meat and milk blended with the cooked root of the ti plant (Cordyline fruticosa), unlike the fruit-based Tongan version.

Japan

Nizakana

煮魚

Fish poached in sweet soy, sake, and mirin, a staple home dish often with mackerel or sea bream.

Mali

Niéniékini

A Malinké Malian preparation of millet or sorghum served with a rich meat sauce.

Dominican Republic

Niños Envueltos

Dominican 'wrapped children': cabbage leaves stuffed with ground beef and rice, simmered in tomato sauce. Of Lebanese origin, a hearty home-cooked meal.

Kenya

Njahi

Black beans simmered with aromatics, a dark, earthy Kenyan staple served with rice or ugali.

Cameroon

Njama Njama

Huckleberry leaves cooked down with onion, oil and sometimes tomato into a dark, faintly bitter green side.

Cameroon

Njangsa

Oily seeds of a forest tree, roasted and ground to thicken and perfume sauces such as kati kati and mbongo tchobi.

Njeguši and Cetinje, Montenegro

Njeguši Cheese

Njeguški sir

Hard cow's or mixed-milk cheese from the same mountain village, matured in olive oil in wooden tubs so it stays soft-edged and turns yellow.

Njeguši and Cetinje, Montenegro

Njeguši Prosciutto

Njeguška pršuta

Pork leg salted, pressed and cold-smoked over beech in the village of Njeguši, then dried in the draught that runs between Mount Lovćen and the Bay of Kotor.

Mozambique

Nkanyu

A fermented or pressed fruit drink made from indigenous Mozambican fruit.

Ghana

Nkate Cake

Roasted groundnuts set in dark caramelised sugar and cut into slabs while still warm.

Malawi

Nkhalamba

A slow-cooked Malawian goat stew with onions, tomatoes, garlic, and curry spices; goat is preferred for celebrations and is simmered until tender.

Malawi

Nkhatini Ya Nkhuku

A comforting Malawian stew of chicken pieces, okra, tomatoes, onions, and groundnut flour, simmered until the okra thickens the sauce; often served with nsima.

Cameroon

Nkui

A stretchy, mucilaginous sauce made from nkui bark beaten with spices, served with fufu at Bamileke births and celebrations.

Malawi

Nkwanya

Tender leaves from bean plants cooked as a simple green relish with tomatoes, onions, and a little groundnut flour; a mild, everyday ndiwo in Malawi.

Nigeria

Nkwobi

Cow foot cooked soft and tossed in an emulsion of palm oil and potash with uziza leaf and ground crayfish, served warm in a wooden bowl.

Cameroon

Nnam Owondo

Ground peanuts seasoned and steamed in banana leaf into a firm savoury cake, sometimes with fish inside.

Hungary

Nokedli

Nokedli is a small egg dumplings similar to spaetzle, served with stews and paprikash, light and fluffy.

Tajikistan

Non

Round flatbread baked against the wall of a tandoor, stamped with a centre pattern and served with nearly every meal.

Beijing, China

Noodles with Fried Bean Sauce

炸酱面

Thick wheat noodles under a dark salty sauce of pork belly fried in fermented yellow soybean paste, ringed with raw cucumber, radish and soy bean garnishes.

Vojvodina, Serbia

Noodles with Poppy Seeds

Резанци с маком

Flat egg noodles boiled and tossed with ground poppy seed, sugar and butter, served warm as a pudding or a side.

Nauru

Noodles with Spam

Instant noodles topped with fried Spam or canned corned beef; a very typical everyday meal on Nauru; salty, filling, and cheap; reflects the island's reliance on shelf-stable imported foods; 71% of Nauruan households consume instant noodles; one of the most common quick meals.

Mexico

Nopales

The cleaned, sliced pads of the prickly pear cactus, used raw in salads, grilled, or simmered until tender.

Mexico

Nopales con huevo

Cactus paddles diced and scrambled with eggs, tomato, and onion.

Japan

Nori

海苔

Dried seaweed sheets pressed from red algae, used for sushi, onigiri, and garnishes.

Normandy, France

Norman Rice Pudding

Teurgoule

Norman baked rice pudding with cinnamon, slow-cooked for hours in earthenware.

Normandy, France

Normandy Brioche

Fallue

Traditional Normandy brioche with an oval shape and thorny top, served with teurgoule.

Bhutan

Norsha Huentsey

ནོར་ཤ་ཧུན་ཚེ

Beef is cooked with spinach and other greens into a Bhutanese stew known as Norsha Huentsey.

China

Northeastern Sour Cabbage

酸菜

Whole Chinese cabbages salted and pressed under stones in a jar through the northeastern winter until they turn sour and translucent.

Sweden

Northern Potato Dumplings

Palt

Traditional northern Swedish meat-filled potato dumplings made from raw potatoes, a hearty regional specialty.

Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Northern Seafood Broth

ஒடியல் கூழ்

A thick seafood broth of crab, prawn, cuttlefish and fish thickened with palmyra root flour and soured with tamarind, eaten scalding hot with the fingers.

Bergen, Norway

Norwegian Reindeer Hot Dog

Reinsdyrpølse i brød

Norwegian Reindeer Hot Dog is a street food from Bergen, rooted in local cooking tradition.

Quebec, Canada

Nougabricot

A Quebec condiment of stewed apricots, tomatoes, and onions, sweet and savory — similar to chutney.

Taiwan

Nougat Cracker

牛軋餅

Slab of nougat with peanuts sandwiched between two thin salted scallion crackers, so the salt cuts the sweetness.

France

Nougat de Montélimar

Nougat de Montélimar is a pale chewy confection of honey, sugar, almonds, and pistachios.

Morocco

Nous-Nous (Half-Half Coffee)

نص نص

A Moroccan café drink of half coffee and half milk, a French-influenced staple. A daily and social drink, creamy and strong, a national and urban classic, a morning and café ritual, a popular coffee variant.